Incident Command/Situational Awareness

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PSCR: Maxwell Maurice highlights work on deployable broadband platform

Maxwell Maurice, electronics support technician for the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) group within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), showcases the rapidly deployable research platform, which is designed to make first responders “completely independent and completely self-contained” in terms of communicating while in areas without normal network connectivity. Maurice spoke with IWCE’s […]

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Smart-building energy-management systems yield cost savings

One of the biggest challenges for commercial building owners and managers is how to reduce energy consumption and save money. Indeed, almost 40% of energy consumed in the U.S. powers commercial and residential buildings, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But enabling smart technologies and real-time energy management systems can reduce costs by an average […]

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Mission Critical Partners: Kevin Murray discusses acquisitions, vision for 911 future

Mission Critical Partners (MCP) CEO Kevin Murray talks about the consulting firm’s three acquisitions during the past 18 months, as well as how the additional expertise is designed to better position MCP to help advise 911 centers making the transition from voice-only operations to workflows that also integrate mulitimedia, including data and video.

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Texas Military Department: Lt. Jared Reinhardt showcases deployable communications capabilities

Lt. Jared Reinhardt of the Texas Military Department provides a tour of the organization’s deployable command vehicles, which support multiband LMR, cellular broadband, satellite backhaul and bridging technologies that are designed to enable interoperability between disparate systems. Reinhardt spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during a field exercise conducted at the RELLIS campus […]

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Inseego working on CommScope partnership for private LTE networks

Inseego is in the midst of testing how its products can work with products from CommScope, with an eye toward putting the two together in order to sell them to enterprises that want to build their own private wireless LTE networks. “Inseego is a cellular radio equipment (modem/gateway/router) provider, and is seeking to partner with […]

News

Newscan: Law enforcement is now buying cellphone-location data from marketers

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Law enforcement is now buying cellphone-location data from marketers Apps are selling your location data. The U.S. government is buying. Racine’s cyberattacker still a mystery, but FBI says Oshkosh’s ransomware came from Russia FBI document reveals local and state police are collecting intelligence to expand terrorism watch list […]

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Is gateway-less the future of IoT deployments?

When you think about connected devices examples immediately come to mind. Whether it’s a car, a door sensor or a medical device, each connects and processes data differently. Some iterations are smarter than others. A camera can connect to a Wi-Fi access point and send data directly to the cloud. A door sensor is simpler. […]

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Texas A&M: Jan Dufek showcases mobile-lab capabilities in support of drones, robots

Jan Dufek, a graduate assistant at Texas A&M University, provides a virtual tour highlighting the capabilities of the Texas A&M Experiment Station (TEES) mobile lab—including the processing of pictures and videos on site—that supports the deployments of drones and robots in the air, on the ground, and in the water. Dufek spoke with IWCE’s Urgent […]

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Florida State: David Merrick describes public-safety drone uses, challenges

David Merrick of Florida State University explains how drones can be used to provide video and pictures that enhance situational awareness during a response effort, as well as some of the practical and connectivity limitations that must be considered when deploying drones. Merrick spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during a field exercise […]

News

Newscan: Facial recognition scrutinized in U.S., United Kingdom

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Google, YouTube and Venmo send cease-and-desist letters to facial-recognition app that helps law enforcement Spotlight: Ed Parkinson Apple and FBI at odds over terrorist’s cellphones British police will use facial recognition, critics say it’s a massive expansion of surveillance MP vows to call in UK Home Office over […]

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PSCR: Maxwell Maurice highlights work on deployable broadband platform

Partner content

Smart-building energy-management systems yield cost savings

Audio

Mission Critical Partners: Kevin Murray discusses acquisitions, vision for 911 future

Video

Texas Military Department: Lt. Jared Reinhardt showcases deployable communications capabilities

Partner content

Inseego working on CommScope partnership for private LTE networks

News

Newscan: Law enforcement is now buying cellphone-location data from marketers

Partner content

Is gateway-less the future of IoT deployments?

Video

Texas A&M: Jan Dufek showcases mobile-lab capabilities in support of drones, robots

Video

Florida State: David Merrick describes public-safety drone uses, challenges

News

Newscan: Facial recognition scrutinized in U.S., United Kingdom

Commentary

Real-Time Situational Awareness: Today’s Holy Grail

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How California public agencies can reform pension benefits

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

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